This might be a good opportunity to do some self-reflecting on your beliefs about the DPRK! When you observe that objective facts don’t line up with your perception of this country, the correct thing to do is not to say “how can I twist what I’m observing into an explanation that will leave my perception unchallenged”; it’s to say “perhaps my perception of this country is flawed” and re-evaluate

Stop sending them the munitions and money that cause the suffering and maybe we’ll believe you

SSean Aryan?

Can’t escape from White Pharaoh even in the webcomics

It is unreal how any time pit bulls come up here, random hexbearians who probably have normal left opinions about most other things will pop up to be like “Actually breed specific legislation is okay because these dogs in particular are evil”

I know you probably don’t actually care, but things that the Pope says are only infallible when they’re made ex cathedra, which is like a special phrase that indicates “this stuff came straight from God”. Most of the things the Pope says don’t have that authority

What if the kid is sort of an asshole, or just has a general unpleasant vibe?

Both film versions of Solaris, though for vastly different reasons. Lem’s original novel is super dry and hard sci fi, like most of Lem’s work, which isn’t my favorite kind of sci fi. Both films really delve into the fascinating psychological questions of the situation Kelvin finds himself in. The Tarkovsky version is the best, unsurprisingly, since Tarkovsky is the GOAT, but I also really enjoy the Soderbergh version with George Clooney. The latter is hollywoodized compared to the Soviet version, but still is a really interesting and gorgeous movie

IF YOU’RE IN LINE TO MAKE A JOKE ABOUT TRUMP GETTING CONVICTED, STAY IN LINE

There’s the annoying stereotype you sometimes see where people are like “Oh, Stalin wasn’t smart, he was a brute who only rose to power through violence and coercion” b/c when you read anything he wrote, he shows a clear understanding of his subject by making very careful, easy to follow arguments that explain the concepts he talks about concisely. Obviously you gotta hand it to the kind Vladimir Ilyich but for me Stalin might actually be more enjoyable to read

Hoist with your own petard 😔

I think Elden Ring would be a good place to start since it’s the one that lets you customize your difficulty the most. You can use spirit summons (both other players and NPCs) and vary up the order in which you do things, so if you get stuck on something, you can go do something else and then come back with more experience and better equipment

The new UI looks good. Much easier to find things and keep track of everything. I reinstalled the other day to try the beta and instantly remembered what a good game CoQ is

White people love being named Roger Bootle

The secret to making things better in the world is that you can’t rely on people making good choices, you have to remove the bad choices.

I also would love to know about this. Sometimes I’ll get lucky with scripts being on libgen or annas-archive but usually anything newer than like 2000 is a challenge to find

I had a good time with it. I don’t know if it’s good, but I had fun, so add that to your mixed things

I think the word racism covers it

Running 5e be like

It’s because he’s a right-winger, a particularly fucked up “orthodox Catholic.” It’s very rich for him to be complaining about fascism b/c his ideal society is basically Francoist Spain